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Noi͡abrʹskoe voskresenʹe 1957 goda. SSSR zapuskaet "Sputnik-2" s sobakoĭ Laĭkoĭ na bortu, i vesʹ mir sledit za novosti͡ami. Suprugi Bekkety iz amerikanskogo Nʹi͡uarka tozhe v kurse poslednikh sobytiĭ. No imenno v ėtot denʹ ikh s vidu obychnai͡a zhiznʹ nezametno nachinaet treshchatʹ po shvam. Muzh, Virdzhil, idet s synovʹi͡am v t͡serkovʹ, potom otpravli͡aetsi͡a igratʹ v golʹf s kollegami. Strannosti nachinai͡utsi͡a, kogda Kėtlin, nekogda podavavshai͡a bolʹshie nadezhdy tennisistka, a teperʹ matʹ i domokhozi͡aĭka, otkazyvaetsi͡a idti v t͡serkovʹ. Ona dostaet staryĭ kupalʹnik i otpravli͡aetsi͡a v basseĭn, iz kotorogo do samogo vechera otkazyvaetsi͡a vykhoditʹ. . Dzhessiki Ėntoni - izvestnai͡a amerikanskai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa i prepodavatelʹ. Ee knigi izdai͡utsi͡a v 15 stranakh, byli neodnokratno otmecheny razlichnymi literaturnymi nagradami i popadali v spiski luchshikh romanov goda- "Most" - chetvertai͡a kniga pisatelʹnit͡sy. Roman byl nominirovan na Nat͡sionalʹnui͡u knizhnui͡u premii͡u SShA, odnu iz samykh prestizhnykh literaturnykh nagrad v mire. - "Most" voshel v chislo luchshikh knig goda po versii Time i The Washington Post. - Deĭstvie ėtogo kamernogo romana razvorachivai͡utsi͡a v techenie odnogo dni͡a. Odnazhdy teplym noi͡abrʹskim utrom Kėtlin, nekogda podai͡ushchai͡a nadezhdy tennisistka, a teperʹ matʹ i domokhozi͡aĭka, otmeni͡aet vse dela i idet v basseĭn, iz kotorogo otkazyvaetsi͡a vykhoditʹ do samogo vechera. - "Most" - roman o brake, o mechtakh, kotorye tak i ne sbylisʹ, o vnutrenneĭ borʹbe i o tom, chto skryvaetsi͡a za fasadom idealʹnoĭ na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad semʹi,- Intellektualʹnyĭ bestseller dli͡a poklonnikov Dzhonatana Franzena, Ėlizabet Straut, Ėnn Taĭler i Dzhona Uilʹi͡amsa.

November Sunday, 1957. The USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog named Laika on board, and the whole world is following the news. The Becketts from Newark, USA, are also aware of the latest developments. But it is on this day that their seemingly ordinary life imperceptibly begins to crack at the seams. Her husband, Virgil, goes to church with his sons, then goes to play golf with his colleagues. The strangeness begins when Kathleen, once a promising tennis player and now a mother and housewife, refuses to go to church. She takes out an old swimsuit and goes to the pool, which she refuses to leave until the evening. . Jessica Anthony is a famous American writer and teacher. Her books are published in 15 countries, have been repeatedly awarded various literary awards and were included in the lists of the best novels of the year – "The Bridge" is the fourth book of the writer. The novel was nominated for the US National Book Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. – "The Bridge" was ranked among the best books of the year by Time and The Washington Post. – The action of this chamber novel unfolds over the course of one day. One warm November morning, Kathleen, once a budding tennis player and now a mother and housewife, cancels everything and goes to the pool, which she refuses to leave until the evening. – The Bridge, a novel about marriage, about dreams that never came true, about internal struggles and what lies behind the facade of a seemingly ideal family, is an intellectual bestseller for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Tyler and John Williams.